Belt-holder.



Patented not. 28, 1902.

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE D. SCI-IRUM, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOWILLIAM SOHRUM, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

BELT-HOLDER.

SEEGIFIOATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 712,098, dated October28, 1902.

Application filed December 9, 1901. Serial No. 85,231. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE D. SOHBUM, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State ofMichigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBelt-Holders, of which the following is a specification,

reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

IO My invention relates to an improved beltholder; and its object is toprovide a cheap and durable loop for holding an ordinary belt frommoving up and down relative to the garment beneath and which may bereadily attached to or detached from the garment and belt, and to thisend a double loop is formed from a strip of sheet metal, one loop toengage the waistband of the trousers and the other to engage the belt,the top of the belt-loop being bent to snap over the top of thewaistband-loop to hold the belt-loop closed, and spurs are struck upfrom the side of the beltloop, which spurs are adapted to projectthrough openings in the sides of the waist- 2 5 band-loop and throughthe fabric to prevent the device from becoming detached therefrom; and afurther object is to provide the device with certain other details ofconstruction, all of which are hereinfter more fully.

0 described, and particularly pointed out inthe claims, reference beinghad to the accompa nying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspectiveview of a device embodying my invention, showing the beltloop open. Fig.2 is a side elevation of the same; Fig. 3, a longitudinal section on theline 3 3 of Fig. 2, showing belt-loop closed; and Fig. 4 is a viewshowing the device in use.

The holder is formed of a long strip of sheet metal bent to form theloops A and B, the loop A having an open end to receive the waistband ofthe trousers. or portion 6 of the loop B is bent inward to meet the sideof the loop A to close the up- 5 per end of said lo'op B,said end beingformed with a curved portion forming a hook c, which is adapted tospring into engagement with the upper rounded end a" of the loop A andform a snap to hold the loop 13 closed. From the portion 1) are struckthe spurs d, which The upper end,

project at right angles thereto, and when the hook c is engaged with theend 0, these spurs extend through openings 6 in the side of the loop Aand across the loop into the openings 7" in the opposite side thereof.

The holders may be first secured to the trousers by slipping the loop Aover the waistband and then forcing the spurs through the fabric untilthe hook c snaps over the end Ct and the belt then run endwise throughthe loop B, or the belt may be inserted sidewise into the top of theloop B by springing the upper end of said loop outward to disengage thespurs from the openings eand the holder then secured to the trousers asbefore.

Any desired number of these holders may be used to support the belt andbeing of metal they will not wear out or break nor will they becomeaccidentally detached or tear the fabric, as the spurs extend completely through the waistband and are supported at their inner ends orpoints in the openingsf. I thus securea light, cheap, and durable loopwhich is easily attached to the trousers or removed therefrom and intowhich the belt may be inserted in the ordinaryway or edgewise.

' I may in order to prevent the spurs d coming in contact with the bodyof the wearer dispense with the openings f, although I find So that bysupporting the inner ends of said spurs in the openings there is lessdanger of their becoming bent.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. A belt-holder formed of a singlepiece of material and comprising oppositely-disposed loops, the upperend portion of one of which is bent inward to meet the side of the otherloop to close its upper end and formed with a curved portionconstituting a hook 9o constructed to spring into engagement with theupper rounded end of the other loop, substantially as shown anddescribed.

2. A belt-holder formed of a single piece of material and comprisingoppositely-dis- 5 posed loops, the upper end portion of which I is bentinward to meet the side of the other loop to close its upper end andformed with a curved portion constituting a hook constructed to springinto engagement with the mo upper rounded end of the other loop, saidinward-bent portion being formed wit-h spurs to extend across the otherloop.

3. As an improved article of manufacture, a belt-holder comprising in asingle element two oppositely-disposed loops, one of which has an openend, the other loop having an inward bend at right angles to the lengthof therloop and a portion extending from said bend parallel with theportion between the two loops with spurs adjacent to said bend andbeyond said spurs witha portion curved to engage the rounded end of theupper loop and to snap thereover, the outer Wall of the upper loop andthe intermediate portion being 15 In testimony whereof I affix mysignature 20 in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE D. SCI-IRUM.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM SCHRUM, OTTO F. BARTHEL.

